Manager, Systems Software
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Lead a team of engineers building system-level GPU stress applications for hardware validation across NVIDIA GPUs and SoCs.
Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As Manager, Systems Software at NVIDIA, you will lead a team of approximately 10 engineers developing GPU stress application suites to validate GPU and SoC products at the system level. The team works across architecture, ASIC, silicon characterization, and system design groups to evaluate hardware margins and optimize manufacturing throughput.
What you'll do
- Lead a team of software engineers, recruit technical talent, and mentor future technical leaders.
- Run multiple concurrent projects through active prioritization and cross-functional communication.
- Drive execution at scale and implement agent-driven workflows across the software development lifecycle for hardware bringup.
- Collaborate across architecture, ASIC, silicon characterization, and operations teams to balance product quality, test yield, and manufacturing throughput.
- Drive root cause analysis for critical system issues and oversee continuous improvement initiatives.
What you'll need
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of overall system software experience working with large codebases and deep driver stacks, including 3+ years managing a team.
- Strong programming skills in C/C++.
- Solid understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, kernel drivers, and device programming.
- Experience driving feature development, cross-functional alignment, and complex system debugs.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of memory, graphics, compute, high speed interfaces, power management, or GPU and system level performance.
- Prior management and project management experience.
- Experience transitioning traditional software development workflows to agent-driven workflows.
Skills: system software, kernel driver, C/C++, GPU validation, stress applications
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 63-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
668
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Median days open
63 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (668 roles · 70 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 137 | 668 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1002 | 6265 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 44 d | 63 d (−19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: system software, kernel driver, C/C++, GPU validation, stress applications
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 159 open roles · median 84 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 139 open roles · median 45 d
- AMD · 62 open roles · median 54 d
- Arm Holdings · 28 open roles · median 2 d
- Mobileye · 25 open roles · median 99 d
- Broadcom · 16 open roles · median 66 d
How we counted: 668 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 70 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.